Profile: Sometimes a little success can be a bad thing. Not too bad a thing, of course. Pineda exceeded all expectations in 2011, throwing one of the best fastballs in the league and immediately establishing himself as one of the strongest second starters around. Perhaps the only complaint one could have about him is that he’s basically a two-pitch pitcher; they’re good pitches, but he’s yet to master his changeup (6.3% of pitches thrown). He’s also an extreme fly baller (36.3% ground-ball rate), so his numbers, especially his home run rate, will probably suffer away from the friendly confines of Safeco Field. Pineda tired down the stretch, predictably, although fortunately the Mariners’ ineptitude removed any temptation to overuse him. The resulting workload wasn’t too much of a jump over 2010, but he’s still a young arm and he does have some injury flags in his past. Lastly, Pineda is no Ed Whitson: he'll have no trouble with the New York media, and he'll enjoy the concept of run support. There’s plenty of potential here, and if you can stomach the moderate risk, it’ll be fun to watch him fulfill it. (Patrick Dubuque)

The Quick Opinion: Perhaps the only complaint one could have about Pineda is that he’s basically a two-pitch pitcher; they’re good pitches, but he’s yet to master his changeup. He’s also an extreme fly baller, so his numbers, especially his home run rate, will probably suffer away from the friendly confines of Safeco Field. There’s plenty of potential here, and if you can stomach the moderate risk, it’ll be fun to watch him fulfill it.

Profile: By trading for Pineda, the Yankees were looking to solidify their rotation. Instead of helping the rotation, he had shoulder surgery and caused the Yankees to scramble to put together a pitching staff for much of the season. If he had not gotten hurt, he looked to be the number two or three starter for Yankees. In 2011 for the Mariners, he had 9.1 strikeouts per nine and 2.9 walks per nine. His 2013 outlook is murky. Current reports have him returning in June or July, but he is returning from shoulder surgery, whose results are more inconsistent than Tommy John surgeries. The big key to watch is where his 95 mph fastball stands during his return. He should be stashed on the disabled list until he returns, but he may not have much value depending on how he pitches with the new shoulder. Don't value him more than a late-round flier or a $1 bid. (Jeff Zimmerman)

The Quick Opinion: Michael Pineda is a disabled-list stasher until he returns -- potentially in June -- but shoulder injuries are always more worrisome than elbow trouble.

Profile: Ignore the fact that Michael Pineda had surgery on his shoulder and that shoulders are career-killers. Think back to 2011 and remember that the dude had velocity (94+ mph on the fastball), a killer slider that garnered whiffs by the buckets (24.9% strikeouts, 11.8% swinging strikes), and great command (7.9% walks, 64.5% first strikes). That's what people will dream on when they pick him in 2014, and that's what makes him interesting. But -- and we're still ignoring the shoulder problems and pretending that he can be as good as Anibal Sanchez, the other Success Story for SLAP surgery -- there's one asterisk still waiting. Pineda's changeup is no good. That's why his strikeout rate dropped 10% against lefties, and that's why there's still reason to doubt him. In the best-case scenario, Pineda's 88 mph change is a hard change that gets more grounders, his velocity and command return, and his arsenal is enough to give him an ERA in the mid-to-high threes to go with a good WHIP and decent wins total. In the worst-case scenario, Pineda struggles to stay healthy, or never develops a grounder-inducing change and can't get lefties out going forward. Justin Masterson has made that work some years, but it's not a recipe for continued success. (Eno Sarris)

The Quick Opinion: Even if you ignore the fact that Pineda is coming off of shoulder surgery, there are questions. if the price is cheap -- and we're talking a dollar or the very last rounds of a deeper draft -- it doesn't matter and the upside is worth it. But if people get frisky, remember the questions.

Profile: A huge question mark entering the 2014 season, Pineda now enters 2015 as the third starter on the Yankee staff (as of late December). The big right-hander returned from shoulder surgery but lost all of 2012 and parts of 2013-14. Despite the understandable rust, he walked just seven batters in 76.1 big league innings for New York and posted a shiny ERA of 1.89. As a result, he's going to get a fair bit of attention in 2015 fantasy drafts but there are some warning signs at a significant regression is coming in a full season (assuming he stays healthy). Pineda's average velocity dropped two miles per hour between his two MLB seasons (2011 and 2014) and the fly-ball heavy pitcher didn't strike out many batters last season (6.96 strikeouts per nine). He's worth a late round pick in mixed leagues on upside, but if the price climbs too high remember the risk. (Marc Hulet)

The Quick Opinion: Pineda's shoulder surgery took some shine off of his future but he still has a chance to be a solid big league starter, if he can stay healthy. However, he's not the future No. 1 or 2 starter that he once appeared to be, so don't overpay for the potentially overhyped Yankees hurler.

Profile: Pineda's 2015 was impressive in a number of ways if one can look past the pedestrian 4.37 ERA. Perhaps most importantly, he stayed healthy enough to throw 160.2 innings, the most he's thrown in a big league season since tossing 171 with the Mariners back in 2011. He also continued to exhibit the tremendous command he flashed when he was on the comeback trail with the Yankees in 2014. But 2015 was a tale of two halves for Pineda: A phenomenal first half (3.64 ERA, 9.4 strikeouts per nine and 1.20 WHIP in 106.1 innings) and a much worse second (5.80 ERA, 7.5 K/9 and 1.27 WHIP in just 54.1 innings). Chances are that workload caught up with Pineda after the break, but he did return somewhat to form in September with a 36-5 strikeout against walk rate in 38.1 innings. But for a guy with such good rates, Pineda was just... hittable. And that's a big reason for the subpar ERA, as he allowed an opponents line of .278/.301/.451 with no real discernible platoon splits. Still, it's hard to ignore 2015 as anything more than a giant leap forward, leaving fantasy owners to wonder what's next for the 27-year-old. (Brandon Warne)

The Quick Opinion: Pineda's a little too hittable in the ballpark he plays in to be a reliable fantasy asset, but if he can take another step forward he'll start to gain some steam in mixed leagues.